CALABRIA, ITALY-NEWS AND COMMENT: Italian police swooped on a farmhouse in Delianuova, Calabria, in the toe of Italy, to seize 730 illegal marijuana plants. This… Read More »Italy’s Mafia bosses eat roasted dormice at mob summits
FRANCE-NEWS AND COMMENT: In a bid to attract the countryside vote for his forthcoming presidential election campaign, President Macron has overturned a ban on the… Read More »President Macron supports the carte blanche trapping of songbirds by hunters
Photographer, Alison Jackson, 61, lost out big time in her inheritance from her father and mother who died in 1992 and 2001 respectively. Her parents… Read More »Primogeniture: she gets the pets and her brother gets the millions
A veterinarian working in South Africa, Amy Jackson-Moss, posted on her Facebook page “Today I euthanized five dogs”. She said that it is not uncommon… Read More »Veterinarian euthanised five healthy dogs in one day and is tormented by it
If you believe that ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) is genuine and some people don’t, a University of Helsinki research study found that young male dogs… Read More »Young male dogs are more likely to have ADHD-like ‘mental health’ issues
NEWS AND COMMENT-LA PALMA: Drones have been used to drop dog food and water for the dogs stranded and trapped by lava spewing out of… Read More »Drones have dropped dog food to stranded dogs trapped by lava on La Palma
China has mitigated the impact on the conservation of the white dolphin when building a bridge across the estuary of the Pearl River. China has… Read More »China improves conservation of the white dolphin despite the building of a bridge
Here are two wonderful photographs of the gerenuk. As you can guess from the photographs, this interesting species of antelope is also known as the… Read More »Is the gerenuk endangered? Yes, because of human activity.
Garry White is facing a possible suspension having been accused of injecting four horses before a race with an unnamed substance but probably a performance… Read More »Australian racing horse trainer suspended for allegedly injecting horses before a race
NEWS AND COMMENT – COLORADO, USA: The Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act 1971 is an American statute which protects wild horses in that country.… Read More »Bureau of Land Management in the USA allegedly rounding up too many mustangs
NEWS AND COMMENT-TASMANIA: The news is that PETA is using the Australian state of Tasmania to establish that whipping a horse during a race is… Read More »Tasmania: PETA want to prove that horse whipping during a race is animal cruelty
The video is amusingly called “Life Is Full of Obstacles”. You could write a book about the philosophical aspects of living based upon this video… Read More »Mini-dog jumps mini-obstacle and it’s philosophical
This is a snippet of American life in which a kindly gentleman decided to carry his large, white (glamorous) dog across the parking lot from… Read More »Man carried his dog across parking lot because the asphalt was 100F
MEKELLE, ETHIOPIA-NEWS AND COMMENT: The hyena is looked down upon as an ugly creature feeding off putrefied flesh. They are known for their scavenging abilities… Read More »Hyenas of Ethiopia provide a public health service when scavenging livestock carcasses
The Times reports today (Oct 11, 2021) that undersea electricity cables cause brown crab to sit still. It seems that the electromagnetic field around the… Read More »Underwater power cables cause crabs to sit still and their cells change
A criminal case currently being heard in the Indian state of Rajasthan tells us that judges consider it feasible that a person can be convicted… Read More »Snakes can be murder weapons in the Indian state of Rajasthan
India’s Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Environment, Forests and Climate Change (wow, what a title!), Ashwini Kumar Choubey, wants… Read More »Suggestion to rename Jim Corbett National Park
After seven years of thinking and research, Zhi-Ming Yuan, has figured out why ducklings swim in a neat, nicely spaced row behind their mother. It… Read More »Reason why ducklings swim in a nicely spaced row behind their mother
This is Ndakasi with her caretaker and lifelong friend Andre Bauma, a park ranger who cared for her. I don’t know but this might be… Read More »Extraordinary photograph of dying female mountain gorilla in the arms of her human caregiver
There is an interesting snippet of information in The Times today which caught my eye. It has been revealed that while Doris Day was playing… Read More »Doris Day’s dog jumped out of her penthouse window while she played with her